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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
LANGTON CHURCH (Site of)	Langton Church (Site of)	Revd. [Reverend] David Dunlop Mr. John Gow Mr. John Patterson	016.10	The following appears in the Statistical Account P[age] 240 - "The present Church was erected in 1798, at the West end of the Village of Gavinton - Till that time the old Church, which Stood Near Langton House had Continued to be used. It is impossible to ascertain when the latter was built. I[t] Must, however, have been at a very remote period, for No notice of its erection occu[rs] in the books of the presbytery, and there are tombstones in the Church Yard bea[ring] the date of 1620". Nothing of the Structure Now Remains, but a portion of the aisle Which has been Used as a Vault. It is situ[ated]about the Centre of the Church Yard, the la[st]? being enclosed by a Stone Wall.
FOUNTAINHEAD	Fountainhead	Mr. Thomas Brown Mr. John Gow Mr. John Patterson	016.10	This Name applies to a Cistern, placed in [the]? Ground and Covered, into which Spring wat[er] is Conveyed, and after being filtered is Conducted (beneath the Surface) by Pip[es] for the Supply of Langton House. It is S[itu]- ated in the Centre of a Circular Plantation.

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Parish of Langton -- 16.10 -- Collected by John Callanan LCorpl. [Lance Corporal] R.E. [Royal Engineers]

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